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Missing Hiker Rescued

A 40 year old hiker from East Hartford was located Sunday morning about 10 hours after he called Litchfield County Emergency Services to report he was beginning to feel ill while hiking the Mohawk Trail in Cornwall and was going to be in his tent.

James Schneider was found at about 5:30 a.m. and was taken by ambulance to Sharon Hospital for treatment of hypothermia.

After making the call Schneider’s cell phone signal was lost and he did not have GPS capability.Department of Energy and Environmental Protection EnCon Police and K-9 units , assisted by Connecticut State Police began a search of the area.It was suspended at midnight and resumed Sunday morning.